Word: sunsetting
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Waxman, 67, is a most unlikely character to represent the glitzy congressional district that includes Beverly Hills. Nearly every profile of him points out that the hometown Congressman for the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard has never attended the Academy Awards. "It's such a long night," he says. "When I watch it on TV, I can get a snack." Waxman grew up over his family's grocery store near Watts, got his political start in the state assembly and came to Washington among the storied post-Watergate reformers known as the Class of 1974. Asked to name a hobby...
...time.All in all, there’s a definite big brother-little brother dynamic to Harvard-Yale this year. Over the past half-decade, Harvard has been the kind of older sibling that won’t let the younger win. Dawson is the legend riding off into the sunset; McLeod is the young challenger taking aim at his new record two years down the line. Polhemus is a talented and mobile (and scandal-touched) junior signal-caller like O’Hagan, but lags behind the Crimson starter in big-game polish. Harvard head coach Tim Murphy and Bulldogs...
...consumer at the end, so lose, lose, lose, lose.”Linklater has written and directed a diverse array of films, including “Dazed and Confused,” “School of Rock,” “Before Sunset,” “Waking Life,” and most recently, “Fast Food Nation.” At a recent roundtable discussion with Boston-area reporters, Linklater didn’t shy away from political statements about American consumerism.“Fast Food Nation?...
...shouldering an extra risk, since they can buy an American show that works for them but gets canceled in the U.S. In Britain, Channel 4's acquisitions director Jeff Ford says he was willing to take a risk on the much anticipated NBC drama Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip because of creator Aaron Sorkin's track record with The West Wing. So far, Studio 60--about a Saturday Night Live--like comedy show--hasn't performed all that well. "We feel the show goes beyond TV and is a workplace drama," says Ford of its appeal to British viewers...
...question: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is to 30 Rock as... Schindler's List is to Hogan's Heroes...